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Tennis
Triumph
Page6
The
Green
River
Green River Community College
-Gary
Taylor
Page8
Volume 20, No. 23 May 24, 1985
Speakers debate 'metal' at Forum
by Merrick Hindes, Kim Haaland
Heavy Metal. What is it? Is it a marketing
image, a way of life, is backmasking of lyrics
a reality subliminally manipulating out
minds?
Tuesday's Forum featured six per­sonalities
from different ends of the music
media spectrum. The panelists featured
were Doug Cooper, promotion director of
rock radio station KJSW, Pat Walker,
general manager of KCAT Radio of Central
Washington University and 1983 graduate
of GRCC and Mike Bloodgood, founder of
the Christian heavy metal band, Bloodgood.
Completing the panel was Jeff Gilbert,
heavy metal record producer and freelance
writer for several rock magazines, including
The Rocket and Ed Lyons, ·christian rock
concert promoter and self-proclaimed old
man of the panelists.
The men began by giving their views on
violence and its influence on listeners of
heavy metal music. Panelists placed 8-18 as
the largest .age group of their listening au-
Members of the panel for Tuesday Forum's Heavy Metal discussion. scan CARPENTER/THE CURRENT
troversial subject between the panelists.
Walker was willing to give the youth of to­day
credit for intelligence and the ability to
rationalize the fact that violence portrayed
by heavy metal videos should not be taken
in context, but as one would view a cartoon
of a movie. Disagreeing, Lyons drew from
many years of youth services work with the
YMCA to relate what individual
understanding children and young adults
develop when relating to the sort of hero
. t" "
lot of times people don't separate what they
see on screen. They associate it with the
person. If you see a video on television, you
really think people live like that. There is
one image that is presented on stage. The
producers and directors want that because
it sells, but that is a different image than the
one that is presented back stage."
Bloodgood, who was dressed in leather
jacket, studded bracelet and fingerless
Money stolen from Minority Affairs
by Pam Gordon
Between May 11th and May 14th, close to
$1,000 was taken from the Minority Affairs
office, upstairs in the LSC. The money was
divided into two different containers and
were separate from each other in a file
cabinet. Minority Affairs Program Assistant
Bill Hayne, who was in charge of the money
is very upset by the loss.
"The person who took the money had to
know where it was kept because they
would have to search through the drawers
for the manila envelope in which the
money for the baseball shoes was kept. It
was stupid of me to leave the cabinet
unlocked and I should have taken it to the
cashier to be deposited," commented
Hayne. "Instead, I left the money in the
drawers and the last time I saw it was
Saturday before returning on Tuesday to
find both the manila envelope and the
bank bag gone."
$550 of the money was proceeds from the
Indian Achievement Banquet and was to go
toward paying for the food, while the other
$437 was money that the GRCC baseball
players gave Hayne, who is head baseball
Green River Community College
12401 SE 320th St.
Auburn, Washington 98002
coach, for baseball shoes.
This is the second robbery that has occur­red
in the office this year and Hayne feels
that the office is vulnerable because it is
usually left unlocked and it is the only ad­ministrative
office on campus without prop­er
clerical help. Hayne said, "We want the
students to be able to come in here anytime
just to talk, use the phone, or the typewriter
and not have to worry about the door being
locked. Sometimes Girtha (Reed) and I need
to be out of the office at the same time and
we feel that it would be a shame to have to
lock the door all the time. We are here to
serve the students."
According to Nick Smith from security,
who is investigating the theft, there was no
sign of forced entry and it is very difficult to
tell who did it. "It's a shame the money
wasn't deposited right away but we are
following a couple of leads right now.
However, a $100 reward is being offered for
any information on the robbery. If someone
does come forward, their name will be held
in the strictest confidence," stated Smith.
"Somebody knows who did it. We just need
them to come forward," concluded Hayne.
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO 184
AUBURN. WA
leather glove stated that leather clothing
s ,.,,,,... nf ,,. · f avy I. He
admits the general concept of the ap­pearance
of heavy metal is to promote
violence.
Bloodgood explained that a person must
dress the part to communicate to their au­dience
and have them taken seriously.
"The problem with Christian rock bands
over the last twenty years is that they are
nor believable. I look at my type of music
and the way I am dressed as a tool for com­munication,"
Bloodgood stated. Bloodgood
feels that a lot of the lyrics are pulled out of
context, but at the same time he pointed out
each group has an image as entertainers to
uphold.
Panelists discussed backmasking and it
was decided that, while some of the lyrics
may or mqy not be satanic when played
backwards, it is not necesary to play a
re or b kward to fi d out what type of
message that particular group is promoting.
Students questioned the fact that heavy
metal does not seem to be as popular as it
was in the past. Panelists explained that the
market has been saturated with so many
heavy metal bands and records and the au­dience
is getting older. Panelists blamed
parents for not listening to the music their
children are listening to when students ex­pressed
concern over young children and
adolescents and their involvement in the
rock heavy metal of today. The forum was
controversial, and interesting at the same
time. Although none of the panelists had
the same point of view, they provided
students and each other with fresh insight
to the different types of heavy metal music
available to listening audiences of today.
Fall e le·ctions next week
by Pam Gordon, Kim Haaland
The rescheduled Associated Students of
Green River Community College (ASGRCC)
elections for the 1985-86 school year will
take place next Wednesday and Thursday.
Elections previously scheduled for April
were postponed because of court pro­ceedings
against candidates Mickie Pinches
and Amy Hansen. Pinches and Hansen
were charged with campaigning before the
allotted time. After a hearing and an appeal,
both were charged with a five dollar reduc­tion
in their campaign funds but were
allowed to continue their campaigning.
"I would rather have seen them (the elec­tions)
take place when they were scheduled
because time that elected candidates need
to prepare for an office was lost. However, it
was best to carry out the process because
the outcome was important. I personally
feel that the whole situation was too bad
because it made people cynical and unsure
about the student government. The people
involved took it very seriously." Com­mented
ASGRCC Vice President Mark
Nyhus.
Deane Healy, candidate for president
feels a little differently about the sijuation.
"I think the whole process was a bunch of ·
horse s-t! The whole stinking system is
screwed up," stated Healy "Matt (Flannery)
did a poor job in dealing with the situation
and I think Mickie should have been kicked
out of the race. I mean, she had access to
250 people that I didn't have access to. I also
feel that Ray (Carter) handled it very poorly
and I am surprised that we are finally having
the elections at all."
Ray Carter, ASGRCC Chief Justice, noted
that interested candidates may participate
in a candidates' forum Tuesday. Carter also
stated that the delay in elections will have
some effect on the elections themselves but
he is not certain what type of effect it will be.
Despite the fact that Nhyus and Healy feel
that the whole Pinches/Hansen issue was
handled badly, Carter doesn't see it to have
a direct reflection on the student govern­ment
itself. "It's really hard to say. At this
time of the year student government slows
down. There are other contributing factors
to consider as well."
Carter wanted to make it clear to students
the job that is required of an ASGRCC Pres­ident.
"Every year, $250,000 of students tui­uon
goes Cl1rectly into athletics and special
events such as the Tuesday Forum,
dances, Student Programs and student ser­vices.
It is the president's job to be a
steward of these funds."
Results of the elections will be posted in
Student Programs Friday morning.
I

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Tennis
Triumph
Page6
The
Green
River
Green River Community College
-Gary
Taylor
Page8
Volume 20, No. 23 May 24, 1985
Speakers debate 'metal' at Forum
by Merrick Hindes, Kim Haaland
Heavy Metal. What is it? Is it a marketing
image, a way of life, is backmasking of lyrics
a reality subliminally manipulating out
minds?
Tuesday's Forum featured six per­sonalities
from different ends of the music
media spectrum. The panelists featured
were Doug Cooper, promotion director of
rock radio station KJSW, Pat Walker,
general manager of KCAT Radio of Central
Washington University and 1983 graduate
of GRCC and Mike Bloodgood, founder of
the Christian heavy metal band, Bloodgood.
Completing the panel was Jeff Gilbert,
heavy metal record producer and freelance
writer for several rock magazines, including
The Rocket and Ed Lyons, ·christian rock
concert promoter and self-proclaimed old
man of the panelists.
The men began by giving their views on
violence and its influence on listeners of
heavy metal music. Panelists placed 8-18 as
the largest .age group of their listening au-
Members of the panel for Tuesday Forum's Heavy Metal discussion. scan CARPENTER/THE CURRENT
troversial subject between the panelists.
Walker was willing to give the youth of to­day
credit for intelligence and the ability to
rationalize the fact that violence portrayed
by heavy metal videos should not be taken
in context, but as one would view a cartoon
of a movie. Disagreeing, Lyons drew from
many years of youth services work with the
YMCA to relate what individual
understanding children and young adults
develop when relating to the sort of hero
. t" "
lot of times people don't separate what they
see on screen. They associate it with the
person. If you see a video on television, you
really think people live like that. There is
one image that is presented on stage. The
producers and directors want that because
it sells, but that is a different image than the
one that is presented back stage."
Bloodgood, who was dressed in leather
jacket, studded bracelet and fingerless
Money stolen from Minority Affairs
by Pam Gordon
Between May 11th and May 14th, close to
$1,000 was taken from the Minority Affairs
office, upstairs in the LSC. The money was
divided into two different containers and
were separate from each other in a file
cabinet. Minority Affairs Program Assistant
Bill Hayne, who was in charge of the money
is very upset by the loss.
"The person who took the money had to
know where it was kept because they
would have to search through the drawers
for the manila envelope in which the
money for the baseball shoes was kept. It
was stupid of me to leave the cabinet
unlocked and I should have taken it to the
cashier to be deposited," commented
Hayne. "Instead, I left the money in the
drawers and the last time I saw it was
Saturday before returning on Tuesday to
find both the manila envelope and the
bank bag gone."
$550 of the money was proceeds from the
Indian Achievement Banquet and was to go
toward paying for the food, while the other
$437 was money that the GRCC baseball
players gave Hayne, who is head baseball
Green River Community College
12401 SE 320th St.
Auburn, Washington 98002
coach, for baseball shoes.
This is the second robbery that has occur­red
in the office this year and Hayne feels
that the office is vulnerable because it is
usually left unlocked and it is the only ad­ministrative
office on campus without prop­er
clerical help. Hayne said, "We want the
students to be able to come in here anytime
just to talk, use the phone, or the typewriter
and not have to worry about the door being
locked. Sometimes Girtha (Reed) and I need
to be out of the office at the same time and
we feel that it would be a shame to have to
lock the door all the time. We are here to
serve the students."
According to Nick Smith from security,
who is investigating the theft, there was no
sign of forced entry and it is very difficult to
tell who did it. "It's a shame the money
wasn't deposited right away but we are
following a couple of leads right now.
However, a $100 reward is being offered for
any information on the robbery. If someone
does come forward, their name will be held
in the strictest confidence," stated Smith.
"Somebody knows who did it. We just need
them to come forward," concluded Hayne.
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO 184
AUBURN. WA
leather glove stated that leather clothing
s ,.,,,,... nf ,,. · f avy I. He
admits the general concept of the ap­pearance
of heavy metal is to promote
violence.
Bloodgood explained that a person must
dress the part to communicate to their au­dience
and have them taken seriously.
"The problem with Christian rock bands
over the last twenty years is that they are
nor believable. I look at my type of music
and the way I am dressed as a tool for com­munication,"
Bloodgood stated. Bloodgood
feels that a lot of the lyrics are pulled out of
context, but at the same time he pointed out
each group has an image as entertainers to
uphold.
Panelists discussed backmasking and it
was decided that, while some of the lyrics
may or mqy not be satanic when played
backwards, it is not necesary to play a
re or b kward to fi d out what type of
message that particular group is promoting.
Students questioned the fact that heavy
metal does not seem to be as popular as it
was in the past. Panelists explained that the
market has been saturated with so many
heavy metal bands and records and the au­dience
is getting older. Panelists blamed
parents for not listening to the music their
children are listening to when students ex­pressed
concern over young children and
adolescents and their involvement in the
rock heavy metal of today. The forum was
controversial, and interesting at the same
time. Although none of the panelists had
the same point of view, they provided
students and each other with fresh insight
to the different types of heavy metal music
available to listening audiences of today.
Fall e le·ctions next week
by Pam Gordon, Kim Haaland
The rescheduled Associated Students of
Green River Community College (ASGRCC)
elections for the 1985-86 school year will
take place next Wednesday and Thursday.
Elections previously scheduled for April
were postponed because of court pro­ceedings
against candidates Mickie Pinches
and Amy Hansen. Pinches and Hansen
were charged with campaigning before the
allotted time. After a hearing and an appeal,
both were charged with a five dollar reduc­tion
in their campaign funds but were
allowed to continue their campaigning.
"I would rather have seen them (the elec­tions)
take place when they were scheduled
because time that elected candidates need
to prepare for an office was lost. However, it
was best to carry out the process because
the outcome was important. I personally
feel that the whole situation was too bad
because it made people cynical and unsure
about the student government. The people
involved took it very seriously." Com­mented
ASGRCC Vice President Mark
Nyhus.
Deane Healy, candidate for president
feels a little differently about the sijuation.
"I think the whole process was a bunch of ·
horse s-t! The whole stinking system is
screwed up," stated Healy "Matt (Flannery)
did a poor job in dealing with the situation
and I think Mickie should have been kicked
out of the race. I mean, she had access to
250 people that I didn't have access to. I also
feel that Ray (Carter) handled it very poorly
and I am surprised that we are finally having
the elections at all."
Ray Carter, ASGRCC Chief Justice, noted
that interested candidates may participate
in a candidates' forum Tuesday. Carter also
stated that the delay in elections will have
some effect on the elections themselves but
he is not certain what type of effect it will be.
Despite the fact that Nhyus and Healy feel
that the whole Pinches/Hansen issue was
handled badly, Carter doesn't see it to have
a direct reflection on the student govern­ment
itself. "It's really hard to say. At this
time of the year student government slows
down. There are other contributing factors
to consider as well."
Carter wanted to make it clear to students
the job that is required of an ASGRCC Pres­ident.
"Every year, $250,000 of students tui­uon
goes Cl1rectly into athletics and special
events such as the Tuesday Forum,
dances, Student Programs and student ser­vices.
It is the president's job to be a
steward of these funds."
Results of the elections will be posted in
Student Programs Friday morning.
I